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For Margaret Roach gardening is more than a hobby, it's a calling. Her unique approach, which she refers to as "horticultural how-to and woo-hoo," is a blend of vital information to memorize (like how to plant a bulb) and intuitive steps you must simply feel and surrender to. For more than twenty years, Roach has shared her deep garden knowledge, first at Martha Stewart Living and now on her popular website and podcast. Now, with A Way to Garden, she explores how she and her way of gardening have changed over the years. Following the life cycle of the garden, Roach shares helpful advice on seasonal gardening, ornamental plants, vegetable gardening, design, and organic practices. She also challenges gardeners to think beyond garden borders to consider the ways gardening can enrich the world.
About the Author
"I garden because I cannot help myself," says Margaret Roach. After 15 years at Martha Stewart Living and a decade at Newsday and The New York Times, she creates the award-winning blog and companion radio show/podcast A Way to Garden. In 2018 Margaret was awarded the highest medal for lifetime service from the nation's oldest horticultural society. An all-new version of her first award-winning book, "A Way to Garden," will be published in spring 2019, on its 21st anniversary. "Eat Pray Love" author Elizabeth Gilbert said: "Margaret Roach writes with intelligence, compassion, and most of all--sanity. Her work is a blessing."Gardeners' laments heard each fall like "the season's almost over" don't sit well with Margaret, who has worked to make her Hudson Valley-Berkshires place a 365-day visual treat. It has been open for Garden Conservancy Open Days for 20-plus years. Margaret wrote the 2011 corporate-dropout memoir, "And I Shall Have Some Peace There," about walking away from "success" for a quieter life closer to nature, and "The Backyard Parables" (2013) , blending garden memoir and how-to. (Erica Berger photo.)
